Vechelde

Vechelde
Municipality
Town hall Vechelde
Coat of arms
Location of Vechelde within Peine district
Vechelde
Vechelde
Coordinates: 52°15.65′N 10°22.32′E / 52.26083°N 10.37200°E / 52.26083; 10.37200
CountryGermany
StateLower Saxony
DistrictPeine
Subdivisions17 districts
Government
 • Mayor (2021–26) Tobias Grünert[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total
75.89 km2 (29.30 sq mi)
Elevation
74 m (243 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total
18,277
 • Density240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
38159
Dialling codes05302, 05300
Vehicle registrationPE
Websitewww.vechelde.de

Vechelde is a municipality in the district of Peine, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 12 km southeast of Peine, and 10 km west of Braunschweig.

Municipal subdivisions

  • Alvesse
  • Bettmar
  • Bodenstedt
  • Denstorf
  • Fürstenau
  • Groß Gleidingen
  • Klein Gleidingen
  • Köchingen
  • Liedingen
  • Sierße
  • Sonnenberg
  • Vallstedt
  • Vechelade
  • Vechelde
  • Wahle
  • Wedtlenstedt
  • Wierthe

Twinned cities

Vechelde is twinned with:

Main sights

  • The cultural center, former local district court, and “Duke Ferdinand’s gate“
  • Statue “The Rape of Persephone” in Vechelde palace garden
  • “Zeiträume museum“, accessible rooms are presented in their original state, with historical backgrounds from the past 140 years
  • The “jute gate“, entrance gate of the former jute spinning mill. Today memorial for the victims of the Vechelde concentration camp.

References

  1. ^ "Direktwahlen in Niedersachsen vom 12. September 2021" (PDF). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen. 13 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus 2022, Stand 31. Dezember 2023" (in German). Landesamt für Statistik Niedersachsen.
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